2024
7 & 9 January 2024
OPUS Chamber Music | Kevin Ahfat, Artistic Director
OPUS IV: From The Heart ft. Stella Chen, violin – Matthew Lipman, viola – Brannon Cho, cello – Isabella Perron, violin – Kevin Ahfat, piano
Clarke, Weiner, Webern, Schumann, Beethoven
:: Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre and Arts & Letters Club, Toronto, ON
4-17 February 2024
Music@Menlo
Winter Residency 2024
Franck, Esmail, Milhaud, Grieg, & more
:: San Francisco, CA
1 March 2024
The Crypt Sessions with violinist Stefan Jackiw
Pärt, Handel, Tao, Brahms
7:00PM & 8:30PM
:: New York, NY
8 & 10 March 2024
Vancouver Chamber Music Society with violinist Stefan Jackiw
Bach, Tao, Brahms, Prokofiev
:: Vancouver, BC
14-17 March 2024
Seattle Chamber Music Society with violinist Stefan Jackiw
Handel, Prokofiev, Schumann, Brahms
:: Seattle, WA
7 April 2024
ARC Ensemble: The Viennese in Los Angeles
Korngold: Piano Quintet & Works by Ernst Kanitz
:: Mazzoleni Concert Hall, Toronto, ON
21 April 2024
ARC Ensemble @ Queen’s University
Korngold: Piano Quintet, Block, Ben-Haim
:: Isabel Bader Centre, Kingston, ON
24 April 2024
Recital with violinist Stefan Jackiw
presented by Century Association
Pärt, Handel, Tao, Brahms
:: New York, NY
16 May 2024
Recital with cellist Juliette Herlin
Dialogues: Schumann & Debussy
7:00PM | Presented by Kaleidoscope
:: William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
17 May 2024
Recital with cellist Juliette Herlin
Dialogues: Schumann & Debussy
Presented by Kaleidoscope
:: Villa Gardens, Pasadena, CA
22-24 May 2024
Album recording with cellist Juliette Herlin
Dialogues: Schumann & Debussy
:: TCU – Van Cliburn Hall, Fort Worth, TX
25 May 2024
Recital with flutist Anthony Trionfo
Edmonton Recital Society
:: Winspear Centre – Edmonton, AB
28 July 2024
High Desert Chamber Music
Recital with violinist Stefan Jackiw
:: Bend, OR
12 September 2024
The Happenstancers: Babes in Toyland
:: 918 Bathurst, Toronto, ON
14 September 2024
8:15 pm Concert: Music of Exile (TICKETS & INFO)
ARC Ensemble performs Kaufmann, Kanitz, Block, & Laks
:: Congregation Kol Emeth, Palo Alto, CA
17 September 2024
ARC Ensemble performs Kanitz & Block
7:00pm concert, 5:30pm pre-concert talk (TICKETS & INFO)
:: Thayer Concert Hall [Colburn School], Los Angeles, CA
20 September 2024
Solo Recital: Mozart, Ravel, Bach-Busoni, Berg, Schumann, Kapustin
7:15pm – Presented by Kaleidoscope
:: Villa Gardens, Pasadena, CA
22 September 2024
Solo Recital: Mozart, Ravel, Bach-Busoni, Berg, Schumann, Kapustin
3:00pm (TICKETS & INFO) – Presented by Kaleidoscope
:: Barrett Hall [Pasadena Conservatory], Pasadena, CA
23 September 2024
Solo Recital: Mozart, Ravel, Bach-Busoni, Berg, Schumann, Kapustin
7:30pm [by invitation] – Presented by Kaleidoscope
:: Calle Bello, Santa Barbara, CA
29 September 2024
Premiere of follow – dance film directed by Vikram Dasgupta, performed by Kevin Ahfat, Miyeko Ferguson, & Jera Wolfe (choreography by Jera Wolfe)
8-count, Fall for Dance North Festival
:: Paradise Theatre, Toronto, ON
6 October 2024
Bellevue Symphony & Brian Davenport, conductor (TICKETS & INFO)
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, op. 22
:: Bellevue, WA
20 October 2024
Orchestre symphonique de Trois-Rivières with Alain Trudel
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1 in f-sharp minor
:: Sorel-Tracy, QC
8 November 2024
ARC Ensemble House Concert (Kaufmann)
:: Brunswick Ave, Toronto, ON
10 November 2024
2:00pm, ARC Ensemble: Czech Mates (Mazzoleni Masters Series)
:: Mazzoleni Concert Hall, Toronto, ON
15 & 16 November 2024
West End Micro Music Festival 2024 (Brad Cherwin & Sebastian Ostertag, Co-Artistic Directors)
Agocs & Reich
:: 1691 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON
28 November 2024
ARC Ensemble @ Acadia University
Works by Walter Kaufmann
:: Wolfville, NS
29 November 2024
ARC Ensemble @ St. Francis Xavier University
Works by Walter Kaufmann
:: Antigonish, NS
1 December 2024
ARC Ensemble @ Canadian Museum of Immigration
Works by Walter Kaufmann
:: Pier 21, Halifax, NS
8 December 2024
OPUS Chamber Music | Kevin Ahfat, Artistic Director
OPUS V: Change It Up, ft. Anthony Trionfo, flute – Luri Lee, violin – Peter Eom, cello – Kevin Ahfat, piano (7:00PM, TICKETS & INFO)
:: Citadel+Compagnie, Toronto, ON
2023
14 January 2023
Music Box Series: Invitation to the Dance
Kevin Ahfat, Artistic Director | presented by JOM Foundation
Isabella Perron, violin – Luri Lee, violin – Caleb Georges, viola – Daniel Hamin Go, cello – Tim Beattie, guitar – Kevin Ahfat, piano
:: Gore Music Room, Toronto, ON
24-26 February 2023
OPUS Chamber Music | Kevin Ahfat, Artistic Director
OPUS II: Kaleidoscope ft. Sirena Huang, violin – Brannon Cho, cello – Erika Raum, violin – Barry Shiffman, viola – Danika Lorèn, soprano, Kevin Ahfat, piano
Poulenc, Ysaÿe, Ravel, Strauss, Dvorak
:: Citadel+Compagnie, Gore Music Room, & Grace COTH, Toronto, ON
10 March 2023
Piano Celebration Recital, ft. cellist Juliette Herlin
presented by College of Fine Arts, CSI
:: College of Southern Idaho, Twin Falls, ID
2 April 2023
ARC Ensemble
Music by Alberto Hemsi
:: Mazzoleni Hall, Royal Conservatory, Toronto, ON
22-24 April 2023
J.S. Bach, Clyne, Lash, Santos, Dietterich, Auznieks, O’Halloran
Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra
William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica – Westerbeck Hall, Pasadena College – Hahn Hall, Music Academy of the West (RSVP requested at link)
:: Los Angeles, CA (Santa Monica, Pasadena) & Santa Barbara, CA
6-7 May 2023
RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G major
Oakville Symphony | Lorenzo Guggenheim, conductor
:: Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts, Oakville, ON
13-15 May 2023
SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, op. 35
Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra
Zipper Hall, Colburn School – Hahn Hall, Music Academy of the West – First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica (RSVP requested at link)
:: Los Angeles, CA (Santa Monica, Downtown LA) & Santa Barbara, CA
1 June 2023
Queen of the Night (WQXR Live)
Performance with Matthew Lipman, viola | Clarice Assad: Dance of the Butterflies
:: Greene Space, New York, NY
3 June 2023
Music Box Series
Kevin Ahfat, Artistic Director | presented by JOM Foundation
Isabella Perron, violin – Noa Sarid, violin – Caleb Georges, viola – Peter Eom, cello – Reilly Nelson, soprano
:: Gore Music Room, Toronto, ON
11-17 June 2023
Montreal Chamber Music Festival
June 11: Saint-Saëns – Carnaval des animaux, June 12: Beethoven – Sonata for Violin & Piano, Op. 12/3 and Trio Op. 70/2, June 17: Rachmaninoff – Cello Sonata and Brahms – Piano Quartet in C minor, op. 60
:: Salle Bourgie, Montreal, QC
24-26 June 2023
Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 3 in D major
Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra
Zipper Hall, Colburn School – Barrett Hall, Pasadena Conservatory – First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica (RSVP requested at link)
:: Los Angeles, CA (Santa Monica, Pasadena, Downtown LA)
5 August 2023
Summer Enchantment: Garden Scenes, pt. I
Kevin Ahfat, Artistic Director | presented by JOM Foundation
featuring Sonia Rodriguez, Piotr Stanczyk, Harrison James, Calley Skalnik (National Ballet of Canada), Jera Wolfe, & Miyeko Ferguson, dancers, Luri Lee, violin, Eric Abramovitz, clarinet, Kevin Ahfat, piano
:: Gore Botanical Garden, Toronto, ON
19 August 2023
Summer Enchantment: Garden Scenes, pt. II
Kevin Ahfat, Artistic Director | presented by JOM Foundation
featuring Marie Bérard, Ryan Davis, David Liam Roberts, Reilly Nelson, Kevin Ahfat
:: Gore Botanical Garden, Toronto, ON
13 September 2023
ARC Ensemble: Music of Frederick Block
:: Brunswick Avenue, Toronto, ON
24 September 2023
Oakville Symphony: Season Opener Event
:: Oakville, ON
11-14 October 2023
OPUS Chamber Music | Kevin Ahfat, Artistic Director
OPUS III: Something Old & Something New: Stefan Jackiw, violin – Yoonah Kim, clarinet – Reilly Nelson, soprano – Noémie Raymond-Friset, cello – Kevin Ahfat, piano
:: Canadian Music Centre & Grace CoTH, Toronto, ON
24 October 2023
12:00PM
COC Free Concert Series w/ violinist Julia Mirzoev @ Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre
:: Four Seasons Centre, Toronto, ON
25 October 2023
RCM: Conservatory Circle
:: Royal Conservatory, Toronto, ON
18 November 2023
7:00PM
Benefit Recital w/ Marie Bérard for Music at Port Milford
:: Toronto, ON
29 November 2023
ARC Ensemble
Music of Frederick Block
:: Mazzoleni Hall, Royal Conservatory, Toronto, ON
30 November 2023
Esprit Orchestra
Valentin Silvestrov: Postludium for solo piano & orchestra (1984)
:: Koerner Hall, Royal Conservatory, Toronto, ON
19-21 December 2023
ARC Ensemble
Album recording | Music of Frederick Block
:: Koerner Hall, Royal Conservatory, Toronto, ON
